Skip Navigation

InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)H

HipPriest

@ HipPriest @kbin.social

Posts
20
Comments
389
Joined
3 yr. ago

  • Royal Navy warships crashed into each other ‘due to faulty rewiring’

    Jump

  • "Britannia rules the waves..."

  • What are the highest quality search engines?

    Jump

  • According to some people on the fediverse, the Kagi forum thread that is linked in the toots I posted above and seemingly nowhere else.

    From a non political standpoint: I tried Kagi last year and it was ok but I didn't get the big deal. And because I'm not in the US but the UK if you try searching where's my nearest garage or stay the nearest result came up as 150 miles away. So it's one of those things I'll maybe return to it once it's developed a bit more

  • What are the highest quality search engines?

    Jump

  • A time traveller comes back from 50 years in the future. You have 3 hours with them. What do you do?

    Jump

  • Find the nearest English Civil War reenactment and go watch it

  • Britain’s Home Secretary apologizes for joke about spiking his wife’s drink with date-rape drug

    Jump

  • God's sake. I mean... At least he's apologising? I could imagine some of our recent lot doubling down on this and refusing to give in to wokeness blah blah blah...

    But yeah. I'm really trying hard to be charitable cos it's Christmas and everything. That's not really pleasant stuff to hear from the guy who is in charge of the Police (over 1,100 under investigation for sexual assault or domestic violence atm)

  • Book recommendations that play with what it means to be a book

    Jump

  • Love his Thursday Next books to bits!

  • Male players: Why do you play female characters?

    Jump

  • It depends on the game, character etc. I mean I suppose it adds to the escapism slightly?

    I play all sorts of different games though, some where you're not given the choice (Life Is Strange for example) and I don't feel like it's that big a deal

  • Featured

    What are you reading?

    Jump

  • I finished Consider Phlebas on my commute - I still don't rank it quite as highly as the others but it came to life more at the end. My favourite bit was when Horza was trapped on the cannibal cult island. Completely irrelevant to the plot but some excellent wtf storytelling!

  • Featured

    What are you reading?

    Jump

  • I only noticed this comment now, I've been reading the Culture series too - I enjoyed the world building in Consider Phlebas a lot but after a while I just wanted it to finish. So I skipped on and read a few others in the series then came back to finish it.

    The Player Of Games was brilliant, enjoy!

  • What are some generational differences between millennials and Gen Z ?

    Jump

  • I mean yeah, I've been unemployed for a significant part of my working life. I guess you can also add to my list being the last generation encouraged to get a degree by well meaning parents and teachers at school 'because it will guarantee you getting a job for life'.

  • Featured

    What are you reading?

    Jump

  • I've been reading The Culture series by Iain M Banks. I gave up on the first book a while back, which I've heard is quite common, but I plan to go back and finish it.

    I've just read The Player Of Games and Excession and both are exceptional.

  • Featured

    What are you reading?

    Jump

  • I had no idea of this - I just googled it and it's almost exactly like something out of the book.

  • Featured

    What are you reading?

    Jump

  • I really enjoyed Yellowface, it's a great read and a bit of a black comedy in places!

  • What are some generational differences between millennials and Gen Z ?

    Jump

  • Definitely as a millennial I'm of the last generation that will remember arranging to meet up somewhere in advance and sticking to that plan (or rearranging over landline with more than a day's notice...)

    But something I've noticed when I ask people in my team what their dream jobs are the younger people tend to say 'run their own businesses', 'work for themselves' etc. Whereas in our generation (in my circles anyway) that definitely wasn't so prominent. Maybe a side effect of seeing influencers making it big?

  • Our Aldi has a brand new fleet of trolleys

    Jump

  • In my experience in my specific part of England that holds true - Aldi definitely seems a lot cleaner

  • After Radio Silence, Kbin App Artemis Shuts Down

    Jump

  • Yeah it's a real shame because from what I saw of the Artemis app it looked good as well. I hope the dev is ok.

    Kbin definitely needs a decent app. The web app does the job but it can be a bit irritating as you say

  • What's your favorite Android tablet?

    Jump

  • So because I play a lot of games and read a lot of eBooks then I would say getting my first tablet was pretty great, even though it was a midrange one that was just thrown in to the deal when I was upgrading my phone and I probably wouldn't have bothered otherwise

    It was a Samsung A8 from 2019, had about an 8" screen and I used it mainly as a kindle and games device. The games I play are mainly strategy or board games, but there were certainly some games that you wouldn't necessarily think would cause a problem (Wingspan?) that would lag or crash. Since I review games it helped to have a second device to check things on, and a bigger screen is better.

    Last year I upgraded it to a Samsung S8 which is a flagship. It's a 10 or 11 inch screen which felt more unwieldy though I'm used to it now. It can run more things. It's a really nice device. The screen isn't actually OLED but feels like it, the quality is amazing. It actually came with a stylus which was a neat touch. The screen is good enough that yes I have found myself watching more TV on it.

    However, when people say 'productivity', I don't know really know what they mean by that tbh. I've got a work laptop for work. I've got my own laptop for other stuff. Do people mean drawing and things on tablets but that?

  • GCSE historians, rejoice! James Norton is set to play King Harold II in new BBC series King and Conqueror

    Jump

  • I've read a lot about the Anglo Saxon period and I'm surprised there's not been some sort of effort to dramatise it before now. (See also, the early history of Scotland.) I guess people are too busy thinking about the Roman Empire x times a day.

  • Is it just me or does the new reddit logo look evil

    Jump

  • It looks like a shady dealer in an orange hoodie.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation

    www.wired.com /story/x-israel-hamas-war-disinformation/
  • Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    'The Smiths Are Dead' is a new Commodore 64 game about Morrissey

    www.nme.com /news/gaming-news/the-smiths-are-dead-is-a-new-commodore-64-game-about-morrissey-3506603
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Europe wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty tricks

    www.theregister.com /AMP/2023/09/23/mozilla_browser_choice_screens/
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Starmer promotes Blairites as Labour thoughts turn to governing

    www.theguardian.com /politics/2023/sep/04/starmers-promotion-of-blairites-shows-labour-focus-has-turned-to-governing
  • Alternative Nation: The Fediverse's Alternative and Indie Music Community @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Theme From Sparta F.C. - The Fall

  • British Telly @feddit.uk
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    From Fun House to Mr Majeika: the best shows CITV ever made – before closing forever

    www.theguardian.com /tv-and-radio/2023/sep/01/from-fun-house-to-mr-majeika-the-best-shows-citv-ever-made-before-closing-forever
  • Firefox @lemmy.ml
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Switching to Firefox Android from Chrome

  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    We’re now queueing in pubs. Society has crumbled

    www.thetimes.co.uk /article/society-has-crumbled-were-now-queueing-in-pubs-8h825zhph
  • British Telly @feddit.uk
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    THE DAY TODAY

    thisisyesterday.org /2023/08/17/the-day-today/
  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Woman with severe allergy ‘left with no choice’ but to buy every packet of peanuts on flight

    www.independent.co.uk /travel/news-and-advice/peanuts-allergy-woman-eurowings-flight-b2389262.html
  • Reddit Migration @kbin.social
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Finally got access to Tildes today... Seems unimpressive

  • Reddit Migration @kbin.social
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best

    arstechnica.com /gadgets/2023/07/reddit-calls-for-a-few-new-mods-after-axing-polarizing-some-of-its-best/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    The Unexpected, Strangely Relaxing Outcome of All This Twitter Drama

    slate.com /technology/2023/07/new-twitter-x-elon-musk-social-media-presence.html
  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Man who stole 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs jailed for 18 months

    www.theguardian.com /uk-news/2023/jul/20/man-who-stole-200000-cadbury-creme-eggs-jailed-for-18-months
  • boardgames @feddit.de
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Pixelated Cardboard - Board game apps reviewed for Android and iOS

    www.pixelatedcardboard.com
  • boardgames @feddit.de
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Making Board Games - Ep.1: The Story of Through The Ages

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    The state of AI and social media shows capitalism is unlikely to end with a robot rebellion | Jeff Sparrow

    www.theguardian.com /commentisfree/2023/jul/17/state-of-ai-social-media-twitter-reddit-threads-facebook-instagram-meta-musk-zuckerberg-capitalism
  • Movies and TV Shows @lemmy.film
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Dr Strangelove: Armando Iannucci pens first stage adaptation of a Stanley Kubrick film

    www.bbc.com /news/entertainment-arts-66186362
  • History @lemmy.world
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    ‘Heart-stopping’: censored pages of history of Elizabeth I reappear after 400 years

    www.theguardian.com /books/2023/jul/14/heart-stopping-censored-pages-of-history-of-elizabeth-i-reappear-after-400-years
  • Technology @kbin.social
    HipPriest @kbin.social

    Instagram's Twitter rival, Threads, is destined to become a boring playground for brands

    www.businessinsider.com /why-instagram-threads-is-destined-to-be-boring-2023-7